What Age Care Providers Need to Know About Older Australians and End of Life Care: ELDAC COVID-19 Webinar Series

The aged care sector is facing an unprecedented challenge with the COVID-19 pandemic. Older Australians have an increased mortality rate if they contract COVID-19 and depending on their pre-morbid condition careful consideration is required to ensure the best care is provided within the right setting. Conversations around treatment decisions and quality of life are critical to ensure an individual’s wishes are known. This webinar series will provide a Q&A style format for frontline staff with experts within the aged care and specialist palliative care sectors to explore a broad range of issues facing those working in the aged care sector.

Home Care Providers

The aim of this webinar is to identify the palliative care issues facing home care providers in the context of COVID-19. Topics discussed will include:

• Understand the palliative care clinical management needs of a home care recipient with COVID-19 including recognition and management of deterioration.
• Co-ordination of care through integration arrangements with General Practitioners, community palliative care teams and geriatrician outreach services including telehealth.
• Processes and decision making around transfer to hospital.
• Access to and delivery of end of life medications.

Residential Aged Care

The aim of this webinar is to understand the palliative care issues facing residential aged care in the context of COVID-19. Topics discussed will include:

• Understand the palliative care clinical management of a resident with COVID-19 including recognition and management of deterioration.
• Accessing external supports such as specialist palliative care, General Practitioners, geriatric outreach services and nurse practitioners including the use of telehealth.
• Processes and decision making around transfer to hospital.
• Access to and delivery of end of life medications.

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